| Description |
1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies, 13 |
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Routledge Advances in Theatre and Performance Studies, 13
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Why Contemporary Performance Can Provoke the Senses; Acknowledgments; 1 Our Sensing Bodies: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Live Theatrical Experience; 2 Scintillating Visions and Visual Perception: How Light, Movement, and Stage Space Capture Our Attention and Stimulate Our Brains; 3 Attendant to Touch: Cutaneous Stimulation and Its Expressive Capabilities; 4 Noses, Tongues, and Other Surprising Possibilities: Harnessing Olfaction and Gustation in Performance |
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5 Aural Landscapes: Voices, Noises, Vibrations, and Other Quivering Stimulators of Cochlear Perception6 The Sentient Body: Guiding Somatic Responses Within Performative Structures; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Considers theatrical practice through the lens of contemporary neuroscientific discoveries. This study lays the foundation for considering the physiological basis of the power of theatre practice to affect human behavior. It presents a basic summary of the ways that the senses function in relation to cognitive science and physiology |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Performing arts.
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Senses and sensation.
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Human information processing.
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Performing arts -- Philosophy
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Sensation
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Mental Processes
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performing arts (discipline)
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Human information processing
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Performing arts
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Performing arts -- Philosophy
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Senses and sensation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203852095 |
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0203852095 |
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